Read a solar nameplate from a photo
Manufacturer, model, serial and every other detail, read off the plate in seconds. You check them against your photo, then download Excel.
Drop up to 3 nameplate photos here
Inverter, panel, battery, breaker: any plate with text on it.
Free, no sign-up. Photos are read, then deleted. 3 photos a visit.
Already have your serials typed out? Check them with the free serial checker
One read for a quick look. Baton for the whole job.
A single read is a first draft. On a real site a wrong serial ends up in a warranty claim, so Baton never lets one read stand alone.
- Photos
- Free reader: Up to 3, from your computer or phone
- Baton: Every plate on site, from any phone, even with no signal
- Reading
- Free reader: One AI model reads each plate once
- Baton: Two different models read every plate and flag where they disagree
- Checking
- Free reader: You tick what looks right
- Baton: A person checks each manufacturer, model and serial against its photo
- What you get
- Free reader: An Excel or CSV list
- Baton: A handover pack: PDF with every photo, Excel and CSV, in your customer's Google Drive
What installers ask before trying it
Can I trust the serial it reads?
Treat it as a first draft. One model reads each photo once and marks what it is unsure of, but it can still be wrong. Check every serial against the photo before it goes into a register.
What happens to my photos?
Your browser shrinks each photo and removes its location data, then sends it once to an AI model to be read. It is not stored by Baton, and the AI provider is asked not to keep it. You don't need an email to download the result. Privacy notice
Why only 3 photos?
The free reader is for trying it on a few plates. For a whole site, Baton reads every plate your crew photographs, twice, and builds the handover pack. It is free for your first 3 projects.
Sample plate photo: “Solarmodul Rückseite Daten Bezeichnung” by Kapitel4zehn, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.